Dies irae
anonymous, Medieval Period, 600
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fMHms5Cvsw
“Alleluia, Diffusa est gratia”
Perotin, Medieval Period, 1190
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lxDrIn14l4
“Sicut cervus”
Palestrina, Renaissance period, 1577
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yd5EE0hAB8
“As Vesta Was from Latmos Hill Descending”
Weelkes, Renaissance Period, 1590
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95DJ7oqTWK8
“Dido’s Lament”
Purcell, 1642, Baroque
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fraubogbQkc
Cannon in D
Pachelbel, 1680, Baroque
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu5TlSXEzzs
“Spring”
Vivaldi, 1725, Baroque
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4kTei0XrCs
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
Bach, 1708, Baroque
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho9rZjlsyYY
Symphony #40
Mozart, 1788, Classical
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTc1mDieQI8
Concerto for Trumpet in Eb, III
Haydn, 1796, Classical http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASB6hFUat4g
Symphony #5 in C Minor, I
Beethoven, 1808, Classical
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7pQytF2nak
Symphony #5 in C Minor, II
Beethoven, 1808, Classical
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQIVWhKhwPA
Symphony #5 in C Minor, III
Beethoven, 1808, Classical
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mvbRe5JOWk
Symphony #5 in C Minor, IV
Beethoven, 1808, Classical
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAyUzxDB9eE
“Der Erlkonig”
Schubert, 1815, Romantic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XP5RP6OEJI
Grand Etudes de Paganini, III, La Campanella
Liszt, 1851, Romantic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Symphony Fantastique
Berlioz, 1830, Romantic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cao6WyF-61s
“Immolation Scene” from Gotterdammerung
Wagner, 1874, Romantic http://www.youtube.com/watch
Symphony #4 in E minor, I
Brahms, 1885, Romantic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckuUq7im8H4
“Claire de lune”
Debussy, Romantic Period, 1890, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2XzoA94Zws
Ancient Period
800BC-476AD, Pythagorus
Greeks and Romans,
We don’t know how it sounded
Medieval Period
476-1450, Hildegard, Leonin, Perotin
Gregorian Chant Developed, Mass,
Motet Developed
Renaissance Period
1450-1600 Palestrina, Weelkes, da Vinci
Madrigal Developed,
Motet became simpler
Baroque Period
1600-1750 Bach, Handel, Monteverdi
Major/Minor Keys Developed
Patronage System, Grandiose Dimensions
Classical Period
1750-1820 Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven
Symphony Developed,
Centered around Vienna
Romantic Period
1820-1900 Wagner, Mahler, Brahms
Music tends toward the extreme
Program Music, Solo Piano Tradition